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Capt. Jip Mosman, commander, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, presents Bryson Delima, 2380.1RW Radioactive Waste branch head, with a Bravo Zulu sticker April 7, 2021,for co-leading a team with Mike Tracy, process management branch manager, Code 220, Resources, Training & Processes, that codified a sustainable engineering execution system, which was shared with all four U.S. Navy shipyards. Their combined efforts improved the turnaround time for Deficiency Log resolution from 2.4 days to less than one day by addressing visibility and behaviors at all levels of the command.

Employees recognized for their communication innovation

By Max Maxfield, PSNS & IMF Public Affairs | April 12, 2021

Two Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility employees were recognized by Capt. Jip Mosman, commander, PSNS & IMF, for leading a team that codified a sustainable engineering execution system, which was...

USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) departs San Diego April 5, 2021, headed out to sea trials after undergoing a seven-month Planned Incremental Availability at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility's San Diego Detachment. Lincoln successfully completed sea trials April 7, 2021. (PSNS & IMF photo by Robin Lee)

PSNS & IMF completes USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) availability

By PSNS & IMF Public Affairs | April 8, 2021

Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility’s San Diego Detachment completed a Planned Incremental Availability for aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) April 7, 2021.The availability, which began...

Capt. Jip Mosman, commander, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, visits with Sailor of the Year awardee Petty Officer 1st Class Joshua Moulton March 19, 2021, during a tour of Detachment Everett at Naval Station Everett, Washington.

PSNS & IMF commander visits Everett Detachment

By PSNS & IMF Public Affairs | March 25, 2021

Capt. Jip Mosman, commander, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, conducted his first visit to PSNS & IMF Detachment Everett March 19, 2021, since taking command last year.During his visit, he...

A remote-operated, three-axis hydro-lance indexer is mounted in the tubes of a mock heat exchanger during recent vendor provided training inside Building 107 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington. (PSNS & IMF photo)

Innovation aids carrier maintenance efforts: Automating heat exchanger cleaning process improves critical path work

By Max Maxfield, PSNS & IMF Public Affairs | March 18, 2021

A team of innovators at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility spearheaded an effort to automate the process of cleaning heat exchanger tubes during aircraft carrier availabilities that proved so...

Shop 64 fabric workers at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington, make cloth masks and polycarbonate face shields that can be used to protect the workforce, or provided to Naval Hospital Bremerton and local hospitals if the need arises.

Command learns, adapts during pandemic: Effort to protect workforce, meet mission continues year after worldwide pandemic declared

By Max Maxfield, PSNS & IMF Public Affairs | March 17, 2021

As the workers and leaders from Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility rang in the New Year the evening of Dec. 31, 2019, they had no idea of the tremendous personal and professional challenges that...

USS Michigan (SSGN 727) undocked at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility March 16, 2021, after more than a year and a half in Dry Dock 2, as it nears the end of its Extended Refit Period.

USS Michigan undocks as end of challenging availability nears

By Max Maxfield, PSNS & IMF Public Affairs | March 16, 2021

USS Michigan (SSGN 727) undocked at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility March 16, 2021, after more than a year and a half in Dry Dock 2, as it nears the end of its Extended Refit Period.According to...

Attack aircraft carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CVA-63) steams the Pacific Ocean July 21,1969.

Ex-Kitty Hawk (CV 63) dry docks at PSNS & IMF

By PSNS & IMF Public Affairs | March 4, 2021

Ex-Kitty Hawk (CV 63) will be dry docked at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, March 9.The dry-docking will allow the Navy to remove marine growth from the hull of ex-Kitty Hawk in order to...

Capt. Jip Mosman, commander, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, signs the application to become a Star Site under the Occupational Safety & Health Administration’s Voluntary Protection Program, Feb. 18, 2021, at PSNS & IMF, in Bremerton, Wash.

PSNS & IMF management and labor partners sign VPP application

By Silvia Klatman, PSNS & IMF Public Affairs | Feb. 18, 2021

Management and bargaining unit representatives at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility signaled their commitment to safety with the signing of an application Feb. 18, 2021, to become a Star Site...

Capt. Jip Mosman, commander, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, receives the COVID-19 vaccination Feb. 10, 2021, in the former Sam Adams Brewhouse on Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton. Approximately 200 PSNS & IMF personnel received the first-of-two Moderna COVID-19 vaccine shots in what is expected to be a phased employee vaccination process.

PSNS & IMF begins COVID-19 vaccination roll out for workforce

By Max Maxfield, PSNS & IMF Public Affairs | Feb. 10, 2021

Approximately 200 Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility personnel received the first-of-two Moderna COVID-19 vaccine shots Feb. 10, 2021, in the former Sam Adams Brewhouse on Naval Base...

Chief Petty Officer selects Matthew Bernstein, Devin Donohue, Austin Rhodes and Mark Robbins, with Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, were pinned to the rank of chief petty officer during a ceremony Jan. 29, 2021, at Olympic Lodge on Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton, Washington. The ceremony had limited attendees, with participants and attendees socially distanced to adhere to COVID-19 protective protocols.

PSNS & IMF pins four Sailors to chief petty officer

By Max Maxfield, PSNS & IMF Public Affairs | Jan. 29, 2021

Four petty officer first class nuclear machinist mates at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility were pinned to the rank of chief petty officer during a ceremony Jan. 29, 2021, at Olympic Lodge on...

Capt. David T. Hart, commander, Southwest Regional Maintenance Center, and Stan Crabtree, detachment director,
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility Detachment San Diego, present Sierra Vickers, a pipefitter with Shop 99P, Temporary Services, at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, with the 2021 Scholastic Achievement Award. She earned a cumulative 4.0 GPA. The Southwest Regional Apprentice Program graduated 11 apprentices during an outdoor, drive-through commencement ceremony Jan. 28, 2021, in San Diego.

PSNS & IMF honors Southwest Regional Apprentice Program graduates

By PSNS & IMF Public Affairs | Jan. 29, 2021

The Southwest Regional Apprentice Program graduated 11 apprentices during an outdoor, drive-through commencement ceremony Jan. 28, 2121, in San Diego.Located in San Diego, the Southwest Regional Apprentice Program includes a...

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday discusses future Dry dock 6 seismic upgrades with Chris Hughes, Code 312, Carrier Program manager, Dec. 16, 2020, during Gilday’s tour of Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington. (PSNS & IMF photo by Scott Hansen)

Chief of Naval Operations visits PSNS & IMF

By PSNS & IMF Public Affairs | Dec. 16, 2020

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday visited Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility to learn about workforce challenges and planned Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program upgrades.He also...

Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility welcomed its new commander Dec. 2, 2020, at the shipyard in Bremerton, Washington, during a unique change of command ceremony that was arranged to protect participants and audience members from COVID-19. Capt. Jip Mosman relieved Capt. Dianna Wolfson during the ceremony in the historic Building 460. Vice Adm. William J. Galinis, commander, Naval Sea Systems Command, participated in the event via teleconference from NAVSEA headquarters in Washington, D.C. (PSNS & IMF photo by Carie Hagins)

New commander takes charge of PSNS & IMF in unique socially distanced ceremony

By PSNS & IMF Public Affairs | Dec. 2, 2020

Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility welcomed its new commander during a unique change of command ceremony here, Dec. 2, which was arranged to protect participants and audience members from...

Branden Doyle, Code 2301 nuclear innovation program manager, sanitizes a crescent wrench Nov. 13, 2020 using a UVC-LED Handheld Sanitizer designed by employees in the PSNS Innovation Lab in Building 435 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington. (PSNS & IMF photo by Scott Hansen)

PSNS & IMF Innovation Lab designs, builds prototype LED disinfecting devices to combat COVID-19

By Max Maxfield, PSNS & IMF Public Affairs | Nov. 25, 2020

A team of innovators from Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility designed and built two handheld ultraviolet-C LED disinfecting prototype devices that are currently being tested to determine how...

Los Angeles-class submarine USS Bremerton (SSN 698) entered Dry Dock 1 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility Oct. 14, 2020, to continue its inactivation process. (PSNS & IMF photo by Wendy Hallmark)

USS Bremerton continues inactivation process

By Max Maxfield, PSNS & IMF Public Affairs | Oct. 23, 2020

Los Angeles-class submarine USS Bremerton (SSN 698) entered Dry Dock 1 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility Oct. 14, 2020, to continue its inactivation process.According to Gary Van Horn, project...